Architect: Thomas A. Tefft
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1826 to 1859 — Born in rural Richmond, Rhode Island, as a young man, he began teaching in the District No. 5 School. The state school commissioner, Henry Barnard, noted Tefft’s talents for drawing and the arts and convinced him to move to Providence to study architecture. He started with Tallman & Bucklin and by 1846 he was doing most of the designing for the firm. After graduating from Brown University, Tefft opened his own office, and ran a practice for five years. In his short time as an architect, he worked on over 50 designs. Many are no longer standing. Wikipedia
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An amazingly dense complex of mill structures dating from the mid-1800s and in use for over 100 years before succumbing to two large fires in the midst of plans to redevelop
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About half of the “Mile of History,” documenting the western side of Benefit Street as it looked in 2004
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Since its acquisition in 1902, this mid-19th-century church has been studio and student activity space adjacent to the RISD Museum
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This freight house was part of one of the first major railroad stations in America and one of the few only surviving structures of its architect Thomas A. Tefft
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This mid-1800s structure was one the few examples of Providence’s eminent architect Thomas Tefft but burned in 2006.
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A masterpiece of the Italian Romanesque style designed by a young newcomer who would later become an architecture star in his relatively short life